learning quiz questions

Dimitri and Rita eat some donuts for breakfast and then spend the morning at an amusement park. After a few hours of riding the Super Looper Double Twist Dimitri feels nauseous and regurgitates the donuts. Rita is fine, but Dimitri has developed a ________, and the next time they stop for donuts, Dimitri immediately feels ill.

unconditioned response

Which of the following experiments involves the use of operant conditioning? a. blindfolding someone and timing him to see how long it takes him to estimate the size of a room b. determining how long it takes someone to learn how to fish if he is only allowed to watch other people fishing c. pairing a puff of air to the eye with seeing the color red in order to find out how many repetitions it will take for someone to blink when he sees the color red d. rewarding a child for finishing his oatmeal mush and counting how many times the child needs to be rewarded before he finishes his oatmeal voluntarily

d

In ________ reinforcement, the person or animal is not reinforced every time a desired behavior is performed.

partial

Grace whistles while tickling Khaleel with a feather. Eventually, Khaleel starts to squirm and giggle every time Grace whistles, even when he is not being tickled. In this example, squirming and giggling is a(n) ________.

conditioned response

Which of the following is an example of latent learning? a. a rabbit knowing to run away from an unleashed dog b. earning tokens for good behavior and spending the tokens on good behavior prizes c. learning karate from your best friend who takes karate lessons d. remembering where the nearest gas station is when you unexpectedly run out of gas during your morning commute

d

Which term best describes rewarding successive approximations of a target behavior? a. acquisition b. learning c. reinforcement d. shaping

d

Dymesha watches her older sister do headstands. Dymesha falls over when she attempts to do a headstand herself. She watches her older sister more carefully, and she notices that her sister leans backward slightly to complete her headstand. Dymesha is then able to do headstands herself. Which type of learning is this?

observational

Which of the following is a process by which we learn to associate stimuli and, consequently, to anticipate events? a. classical conditioning b. controlled conditioning c. physiological conditioning d. psychic conditioning

a

Which of the following is an example of vicarious punishment? a. Belinda saw Mavis receive a hug for cleaning his room. She is careful to clean her room because she saw Mavis get a reward for doing it. b. Jeong observes Bronwyn getting spanked for spitting out her carrots. Because he saw his friend punished, he does not spit out his carrots. c. Job wants to avoid being fired, so he follows the shop rules and does not smoke in the bathroom. d. Laurie wants to receive a smiley sticker and she knows from reading the rulebook that she will receive one if she behaves herself.

b

Which of the following is an example of operant conditioning? a. when a cat and a dog share the same water bowl b. when a cat learns to drool at the sound of a can opener c. when a dog plays dead she gets a treat in order to encourage her to repeat the behavior e. when a dog refuses to play dead

c

Which of the following shows an example of negative reinforcement? a. Taking away recess because a student did not do their homework. b. Having a student do 10 pushups for talking during physical education instruction. c. Taking an aspirin to get rid of a headache. d. Giving a child a spanking for writing on the walls.

c

Kerry is conditioned to fear strawberries. Raspberries are similar to strawberries, and even though no attempt was made to make Kerry fear raspberries, she reacts with fear when she sees them. This is an example of ________.

stimulus generalization